1.   Adult males would spend more time trying to climb the political hierarchy than with their families.

2.   The bureaucracy during this epoch was in transition from the hereditary administrative offices of the medieval political hierarchy to the rational legal administration of capitalism.

3.   But rumors are general in a political hierarchy that more and more resembles a court, and no one who knows is telling.

4.   But the same phenomenon has occurred in the larger national economy, again with the acquiescence of the public and the blessing of the political hierarchy.

5.   For the first time in living memory, Sinn Fein poses a threat to the traditional Irish political hierarchy.

6.   His military decisions had to survive passage through the political hierarchies of the European capitals and Washington.

7.   The political hierarchy that had kept the refugees moving deeper into Zaire has been dismantled, they said.

8.   His penchant for the humble life even as he rose up the political hierarchy is almost legendary by now.

9.   Kim has ascended the political hierarchy since then.

10.   Secondly, once those at the top of the political hierarchy finally reach a policy consensus, they are usually extremely reluctant to change it.